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Mercury General (Mercury General) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.75 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-16), Mercury General's current share price is $57.96. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $77.31. Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.75.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MCY' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37   Med: 0.84   Max: 1.12
Current: 0.74

During the past years, Mercury General's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.12. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.84.

MCY's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
64.69% of 405 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.01 vs MCY: 0.74

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Mercury General's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $23.010. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $77.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Mercury General Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.80 0.83 0.78 0.47 0.49

Mercury General Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 0.40 0.37 0.49 0.67

Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Mercury General Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=57.96/77.31
=0.75

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Mercury General's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Mercury General's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=23.01/131.7762*131.7762
=23.010

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Mercury General Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201406 14.676 100.560 19.232
201409 13.087 100.428 17.172
201412 13.101 99.070 17.426
201503 13.498 99.621 17.855
201506 13.160 100.684 17.224
201509 13.636 100.392 17.899
201512 14.211 99.792 18.766
201603 14.924 100.470 19.574
201606 15.509 101.688 20.098
201609 14.607 101.861 18.897
201612 13.339 101.863 17.256
201703 15.322 102.862 19.629
201706 15.416 103.349 19.656
201709 15.512 104.136 19.629
201712 15.491 104.011 19.626
201803 14.154 105.290 17.715
201806 16.001 106.317 19.833
201809 16.169 106.507 20.005
201812 14.757 105.998 18.346
201903 18.388 107.251 22.593
201906 17.692 108.070 21.573
201909 17.832 108.329 21.692
201912 17.847 108.420 21.692
202003 12.795 108.902 15.483
202006 18.170 108.767 22.014
202009 18.042 109.815 21.650
202012 19.357 109.897 23.211
202103 17.935 111.754 21.148
202106 18.397 114.631 21.149
202109 16.835 115.734 19.168
202112 18.950 117.630 21.229
202203 14.547 121.301 15.803
202206 14.188 125.017 14.955
202209 16.259 125.227 17.109
202212 20.800 125.222 21.889
202303 19.985 127.348 20.680
202306 19.563 128.729 20.026
202309 19.237 129.860 19.521
202312 24.826 129.419 25.278
202403 23.010 131.776 23.010

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Mercury General  (NYSE:MCY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Mercury General (Mercury General) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4484 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90010
Mercury General Corp is an insurance holding company operating in the property-casualty market, where it focuses on low-cost auto insurance for individuals, with operations in nearly 13 United States of America states. However, its business--about 75% of premiums--comes from California, where it was established by George Joseph, the current company chairman, and majority owner. Its insurance is distributed exclusively through independent agents.
Executives
Joshua Eric Little director 192 E 200 N, THIRD FLOOR, ST. GEORGE UT 84770
Wei Pang officer: VP/Chief Technology Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Mark Allan Ribisi officer: President of AIS,subsidiary 16969 VON KARMAN AVE., IRVINE CA 92606
Katelyn Marie Gibbs officer: VP/Chief Experience Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Kelly Lynn Butler officer: VP/Chief Underwriting Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Joseph Vicky Wai Yee director 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Joseph director, officer: Chairman of the Board 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Gwyer Braunegg director 6121 SHENANDOAH AVE., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Abby Hosseini officer: VP/Chief Information Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Brandt Minnich officer: Vice President, Marketing 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Gabriel Tirador officer: President, other: Director
Charles Toney officer: Vice President
Jeffrey Michael Schroeder officer: VP/Chief Product Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Mike Curtius director
Ramona L Cappello director 4600 SLEEPYTIME DR, BOULDER CO 80301